Spyware and Adware is the ever increasing problem of software being installed on your pc via scripts in websites and emails.

 

There are many ways to combat this problem but sometimes these applications can get loaded onto your pc and prove very difficult to delete.

 

They are also know to interfere with how your pc runs - i.e printing problems , slow network etc.

 

The best product to remove these is called Spybot Search & Destroy and can be downloaded for free at http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html .

 

Once installed and updated this program can also immunise your pc against further threat from known spywares.

Always keep the program up to date and do regular scans.

 

Other programs that are popular for removal of spyware and adware:

 

Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/

Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/